Question 1

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

Accepted Answer

A)  helping employees across all subunits understand and embrace the dominant values. 
B)  ensuring that employees mindlessly perform their work in an obedient manner. 
C)  ensuring that no one holds countercultural values. 
D)  ensuring that employees do not adopt new and unapproved values. 
E)  doing all of these things. 
A)  helping employees across all subunits understand and embrace the dominant values. 
B)  ensuring that employees mindlessly perform their work in an obedient manner. 
C)  ensuring that no one holds countercultural values. 
D)  ensuring that employees do not adopt new and unapproved values. 
E)  doing all of these things.

Question 2

Artifacts refer mainly to the paintings and other tangible objects that appear throughout the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Employees are organizationally socialized:

Accepted Answer

A)  beginning with the role management stage of organizational socialization. 
B)  long before their first day of work. 
C)  beginning with the company's orientation program on the first day of work. 
D)  only when they enter management positions. 
E)  beginning with the encounter stages of organizational socialization. 
A)  beginning with the role management stage of organizational socialization. 
B)  long before their first day of work. 
C)  beginning with the company's orientation program on the first day of work. 
D)  only when they enter management positions. 
E)  beginning with the encounter stages of organizational socialization.

Question 4

organizational culture include of shared assumptions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Artifacts of organizational culture may include the building's design,the way people are greeted and the food served in the company's cafeteria.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of these statements about shared assumptions is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shared assumptions are unconscious taken-for granted perceptions or beliefs. 
B)  Shared assumptions are so deeply embedded they probably cannot be discovered by surveying employees. 
C)  Shared assumptions include shared enacted values. 
D)  Shared assumptions are revealed through corporate value statements. 
E)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  Shared assumptions are unconscious taken-for granted perceptions or beliefs. 
B)  Shared assumptions are so deeply embedded they probably cannot be discovered by surveying employees. 
C)  Shared assumptions include shared enacted values. 
D)  Shared assumptions are revealed through corporate value statements. 
E)  All of the above are correct.

Question 7

Popular organizational culture models and measures falsely presume that organizations have a fairly clear,unified culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,alignment with the company's culture is often a factor when deciding which applicant to hire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Reality shock occurs on or before the first day of work then quickly subsides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

An adaptive culture has a strong learning orientation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The three stages of organizational socialization are psychological contract,confirmation,and role management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

Accepted Answer

A)  Co-workers provide valuable support and information to newcomers. 
B)  Through social interaction, co-workers reduce the newcomer's stress during socialization. 
C)  By welcoming the newcomer to the team, co-workers tend to offer more job-related information to the newcomer. 
D)  Co-workers potentially do all of these things. 
E)  Co-workers have no benefit to the socialization process and should be separated from newcomers as much as possible. 
A)  Co-workers provide valuable support and information to newcomers. 
B)  Through social interaction, co-workers reduce the newcomer's stress during socialization. 
C)  By welcoming the newcomer to the team, co-workers tend to offer more job-related information to the newcomer. 
D)  Co-workers potentially do all of these things. 
E)  Co-workers have no benefit to the socialization process and should be separated from newcomers as much as possible.

Question 14

If an organization has an adaptive culture,it likely has:

Accepted Answer

A)  employees with a strong sense of ownership over the company's success. 
B)  a culture that emphasizes dozens of values at the same time. 
C)  an external focus on the needs of customers and other stakeholders. 
D)  all of these are characteristics of adaptive cultures. 
E)  employees with a strong sense of ownership AND an external focus on stakeholder needs. 
A)  employees with a strong sense of ownership over the company's success. 
B)  a culture that emphasizes dozens of values at the same time. 
C)  an external focus on the needs of customers and other stakeholders. 
D)  all of these are characteristics of adaptive cultures. 
E)  employees with a strong sense of ownership AND an external focus on stakeholder needs.

Question 15

What tends to happen when an organization's culture is misaligned with its external environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The corporate culture gets stronger. 
B)  The organization's subcultures weaken. 
C)  The organization has more difficulty anticipating and responding to stakeholder needs. 
D)  The organization is unable to develop subcultures. 
E)  All of these occur. 
A)  The corporate culture gets stronger. 
B)  The organization's subcultures weaken. 
C)  The organization has more difficulty anticipating and responding to stakeholder needs. 
D)  The organization is unable to develop subcultures. 
E)  All of these occur.

Question 16

The pre-employment stage of organizational socialization would be more effective if:

Accepted Answer

A)  employers avoided forming a psychological contract. 
B)  employers and job applicants gave and received accurate information about each other. 
C)  employers and applicants experienced reality shock when meeting each other for the first time. 
D)  job applicants distorted their resumé in order to be offered employment. 
E)  all of these conditions existed. 
A)  employers avoided forming a psychological contract. 
B)  employers and job applicants gave and received accurate information about each other. 
C)  employers and applicants experienced reality shock when meeting each other for the first time. 
D)  job applicants distorted their resumé in order to be offered employment. 
E)  all of these conditions existed.

Question 17

In order to be effective,organizational stories must describe real people and recount true past events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is potentially an artifact of organizational culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Artwork on office walls 
B)  The way visitors to the organization are greeted 
C)  The names employees give to conference rooms 
D)  All of these are potentially artifacts. 
E)  Artwork, greeting visitors, and conference room names are rarely, if ever, considered artifacts. 
A)  Artwork on office walls 
B)  The way visitors to the organization are greeted 
C)  The names employees give to conference rooms 
D)  All of these are potentially artifacts. 
E)  Artwork, greeting visitors, and conference room names are rarely, if ever, considered artifacts.

Question 19

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Rituals are:

Accepted Answer

A)  programmed routines of daily organizational life that dramatize the organization's culture. 
B)  deliberate attempts to communicate the corporate culture to new employees. 
C)  events that suggest the organization's culture is about to change. 
D)  physical structures that convey the dominant values of an organization's culture. 
E)  games that people play to defy the dominant culture and, instead, support countercultural beliefs and values. 
A)  programmed routines of daily organizational life that dramatize the organization's culture. 
B)  deliberate attempts to communicate the corporate culture to new employees. 
C)  events that suggest the organization's culture is about to change. 
D)  physical structures that convey the dominant values of an organization's culture. 
E)  games that people play to defy the dominant culture and, instead, support countercultural beliefs and values.

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

Artifacts refer mainly to the paintings and other tangible objects that appear throughout the organization.

Employees are organizationally socialized:

organizational culture include of shared assumptions.

Artifacts of organizational culture may include the building's design,the way people are greeted and the food served in the company's cafeteria.

Which of these statements about shared assumptions is FALSE?

Popular organizational culture models and measures falsely presume that organizations have a fairly clear,unified culture.

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,alignment with the company's culture is often a factor when deciding which applicant to hire.

Reality shock occurs on or before the first day of work then quickly subsides.

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

An adaptive culture has a strong learning orientation.

The three stages of organizational socialization are psychological contract,confirmation,and role management.

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

If an organization has an adaptive culture,it likely has:

What tends to happen when an organization's culture is misaligned with its external environment?

The pre-employment stage of organizational socialization would be more effective if:

In order to be effective,organizational stories must describe real people and recount true past events.

Which of the following is potentially an artifact of organizational culture?

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

Rituals are:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Understanding and Managing Workplace Conflict

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Change Additional Cases

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Exam 14: Organizational Culture

A strong corporate culture potentially increases organizational performance by:

Artifacts refer mainly to the paintings and other tangible objects that appear throughout the organization.

Employees are organizationally socialized:

organizational culture include of shared assumptions.

Artifacts of organizational culture may include the building's design,the way people are greeted and the food served in the company's cafeteria.

Which of these statements about shared assumptions is FALSE?

Popular organizational culture models and measures falsely presume that organizations have a fairly clear,unified culture.

According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)theory,alignment with the company's culture is often a factor when deciding which applicant to hire.

Reality shock occurs on or before the first day of work then quickly subsides.

Organizational socialization is the process of meeting other employees and spending more time with them throughout the work day.

An adaptive culture has a strong learning orientation.

The three stages of organizational socialization are psychological contract,confirmation,and role management.

What effect do co-workers have on the socialization of new employees?

If an organization has an adaptive culture,it likely has:

What tends to happen when an organization's culture is misaligned with its external environment?

The pre-employment stage of organizational socialization would be more effective if:

In order to be effective,organizational stories must describe real people and recount true past events.

Which of the following is potentially an artifact of organizational culture?

Rituals represent the organization's deliberate and usually dramatic displays of its dominant culture.

Rituals are:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Team Dynamics

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Understanding and Managing Workplace Conflict

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Change Additional Cases

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